Gov Otu’s wife offers medical services to over 13, 000 citizens, 175 major surgeries in  C’River

From Ene Asuquo, Calabar 

The wife of the Cross River State governor, Mrs. Eyoanwan Otu has said that  her pet project, HUWIB, has provided medical services to over 13, 000 people with 175 major surgeries in the state.

She, however, called on women to deepen their voices to rewrite their political narrative across the nation.

Mrs. Otu gave the charge during a meet and greet with members of Team Mma Adiaha, a political support group comprising women from the eighteen local government areas of the Cross River State.

Otu, who commended the group for its inspirational grassroots mobilization strategies, which has grown their strength from a handful of women to more than three thousand members, harped on the importance of unity.

She said, “Team Mma Adiaha is a movement, which has the new slogan ‘leading with grace, governing with leadership’. This group started small, but has grown bigger with far reaching impact in the lives of people – women, children, youths and men – particularly at the grassroots.

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“This is a homecoming of champions. Team Mma Adiaha is not just a political support structure, it is a foundation on which this journey of service is built. Women have been the shoulder for which the government has leverage and whatever women have is shared with families and neighbours,” she noted.

Continuing, the wife of the governor said, “a woman cares and shares to build society. After all, humanity means caring and sharing for people as we have always done through Humanities Without Borders (HUWIB).”

According to Mrs. Otu, through her pet project, HUWIB, she has been able to provide impactful interventions across five core thematic areas such as quality healthcare, sustainable livelihoods, quality education, social welfare and environment.

“We have provided medical services to over 13, 000 people with 175 major surgeries. We also renovated the Calabar Correction facility clinic and equipped it with modern medical equipment. We enrolled 500 elderly citizens into the Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme.

“We also distributed more than 5,000 Mma Adiaha maternal kits to expectant mothers and in the process of giving out 3,000 additional bags. Still on the healthcare interventions, we provided 11 prosthetic limbs and 50 wheelchairs to persons with disabilities,” she said.

Educationally, Bishop Otu disclosed that more than 7,000 pupils were given back-to-school supplies, while 50 children were granted scholarships, continuing she said, “we have empowered 10 thousand girls and boys in our Science and technology programme tagged ‘Girls in S.T.E.M.’ across the three senatorial districts. 

“These highlighted interventions are just the beginning, the real power lies in our unity and network as Team Mma Adiaha,” she emphasized.
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Speaking earlier, the Director General of Team Mma Adiaha, Margaret Ene-Ita appreciated the wife of the Cross River State governor for her unalloyed support, passion, dedication and commitment to the Governor Bassey Otu led administration.

Ene-Ita commended Mrs. Otu for the impactful interventions across the eighteen local government areas for women, children, youths and the elderly as well as empowerment initiatives.

She remarked, “you have walked with the people, listened to their needs and always responded with action. You have inspired the discouraged, uplifted the vulnerable and reminded us all that leadership is best defined by service.”

She pledged on behalf of the group to support the Otu led administration and mobilize all women in the state towards achieving results.

There were goodwill messages from the only female parliamentarian in Cross River State, Mercy Akpama, President of the National Council of Women Society, Cross River State, Mrs. Marjorie Asuquo and a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, Mrs. Emana Ambrose-Amawhe amongst others.

Highlights of the meeting was the distribution of palliatives to more than one thousand women from across the eighteen local government areas.